Sri Lanka's Piramal Glass said profits rose 5.6 percent to 724.3 million rupees in the year to March 2012 from a year earlier, exports were doing well, but warned against higher energy costs this year. The firm reported earnings of 76 ...
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Once again Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics proved its position as a highly valued entry point to the Chinese market for overseas exhibitors. Buyers’ feedback confirmed the increasing domestic purchasing power of consumers, as ...
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Heliospectra, specialists in smart LED lighting systems for plant science and horticulture applications, has been chosen by the Institute of Space Systems, the Bremen site of the German Centre for Aerospace, DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für ...
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Methanex Corporation announced that it has reached a final investment decision to proceed with the relocation of a second one million tonne per year methanol plant from its Chile site to Geismar, Louisiana. The plant is expected to be ...
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The ratio of the Gulf Coast normal butane assessment to the front-month NYMEX crude contract is at 57.9% Friday morning, the lowest level since late 2008, Platts data showed, in part due to the deployment summer gasoline specs. The ratio, ...
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H. Lundbeck has introduced the first approved medication reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol dependent patients in Norway, Finland, Poland and the Baltic markets. Additional launches in other European countries are expected to follow ...
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US chocolate manufacturer Hershey has reported that its net earnings increased by 21.77% to $241.91m for the first quarter of 2013, compared with $198.65m for the same quarter in 2012. The company attributed the increase in net earnings ...
Carter’s, Inc. ,the largest branded marketer in the United States of apparel exclusively for babies and young children, reported its first quarter fiscal 2013 results. “We exceeded our sales and earnings goals, and made good ...
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The European Commission has approved Sanofi Pasteur's 6-in-1 pediatric vaccine Hexyon/Hexacima (DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB vaccine) for primary and booster vaccination of infants from six weeks of age. The EC decision follows the European ...
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The readymade garment industry of Bangladesh is suffering from a severe image crisis in the international markets because of concerns about labor safety arising from recent fire incidents in two garment factories, which resulted in a ...
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State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed a joint venture agreement Sunday with France's Total and Japan's Idemitsu, Cosmo Oil, Marubeni and Mitsui for a new condensate refinery to be built in Qatar at Ras Laffan Industrial City. Under the ...
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Soraa has announced its new perfect spectrum SORAA VIVID 2 and PREMIUM 2 LED MR16 lamp lines—the first ultra-efficient replacements for 65-watt and 75-watt halogen lamps, available for both 12V and line voltages. A technological ...
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has launched its full-spectrum VIVID 2 and PREMIUM 2 LED MR16 lamp lines – claimed to ...
K'Nex Brands has revealed this morning it is to open a dedicated office in the UK next year. The London-based arm will officially open its doors on January 1st, 2014. Tomy, the current distributor of K'Nex in the UK, will continue to ...
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Packaging printer in Spain Ovelar has bought a new MPS UV flexo press, MPS EF-410, in a bid to increase its shrink sleeve labels production. The new press, which has a printing width of up to 410mm, is the second MPS press that Ovelar has ...
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